UW-Madison’s west side could be dramatically reshaped under a new real estate strategy that would infuse high-density housing, hotels or retail into an area that, right now, is heavy with surface parking lots.
UW-Madison's annual fundraising drive, called "Fill the Hill," taps into the mischief of a flamingo prank pulled in 1979 to raise money for dozens of causes on campus.
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A rendering of where new buildings might go within UW-Madison's west side district. The buildings do not have uses assigned to them and are almost certain to change in height and size before being presented to the UW Board of Regents in July.
Davey Friday, left, an urban designer with Perkins and Will, and Deena Patterson, UW-Madison College of Agriculture and Life Sciences staff, look at renderings of the University of Wisconsin’s West Campus District during an open house in the Health Sciences Learning Center.
Visitors check out potential plans for the University of Wisconsin’s West Campus District during an open house in the Health Sciences Learning Center.
Visitors check out potential plans for the University of Wisconsin’s West Campus District during an open house in the Health Sciences Learning Center. Possible uses include market-rate housing, research space or amenities such as dining or child care.
Potential plans for ecology and open space network for the University of Wisconsin’s West Campus District are displayed during an open house in the Health Sciences Learning Center.
Fave 5: Reporter Kimberly Wethal shares her favorite stories of 2022
In the weeks before I joined the Wisconsin State Journal in September, I was told this: Remember that a higher education institution is like their own city. It has its own character and struggles, defined by the students who learn there and the faculty who teach them.
I have seen this over and over again, and it was particularly clear when I visited UW-Platteville at Richland a week after the University of Wisconsin System ordered degree-fulfilling classes to cease because of low enrollment. During my visit, I found many of the devastated students to be emotionally invested in their campus community — and committed to saving it.
After budget cuts and consolidations, the campus' enrollment is down 90% from 2014, and UW-Platteville was ordered to shutter the campus.
With record enrollment contributing to the housing crunch, UW-Madison lured students out of dorms by offering incentives to live elsewhere.
Management companies are seeing some of their housing in prime areas sell out three to four weeks faster than previous years.
A new Early Learning Center that opened in 2021 at MATC's Truax campus doubled capacity, and a facility at the Goodman South campus could be next.
UW-Madison doctorate student Kirstan Gimse found the courage to go back to school a decade ago from a chemistry professor she would wait on.
